Cross Country recruiting?

Sportsball
Thu, 04 Aug 2022 14:31:24 +0000

I usually post here about my soccer player, but he has a brother who runs who will be in 9th this fall. He plans to run cross country and outdoor track at school, and also train outside of school with his dad and sign up for races. When I ask him if he wants to run in college he says he definitely plans to run during college, but doesn’t really know one way or the other if he wants to compete in the NCAA or just do races on his own.

My soccer kid’s club is very into getting kids ready for recruitment, and suggests starting reaching out coaches in freshman year. Is that something my runner should be doing to keep doors open? Or is the time frame later?

To be honest, I don’t really know how he stacks up against other athletes.